Tag: Florida and low-income students
Florida’s low-income students have most to gain from universal school choice
The passage of HB1, a bill which makes all Florida children eligible for education choice, will benefit low-income children remaining in public school. Arizona’s experience illustrates how this process works. While choice advocates are celebrating a wave of universal ESA program passages in 2022 and 2023, Arizona lawmakers first passed... READ MOREReport: Florida charter school students outperforming district school peers
Florida charter school students are out-scoring and out-gaining their traditional...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Bulletproof backpacks, charter school standards, second thoughts on teacher evaluations & more
Tweaks coming to teacher evals? Gradebook: “Patricia Levesque, executive director...
READ MORELetter to editor: “Voucher” (tax credit scholarship) students are tested in Florida
Editor’s note: Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill wrote...
READ MOREAt this Florida school, lessons from gardens, food drives, furniture repair
Ryan Wallace left his big, cliquish high school last spring...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Broad Prize, Amendment 8, F-rated charter schools and more
More Broad Prize coverage. As we noted yesterday, the Miami-Dade...
READ MOREMiami-Dade school district wins Broad Prize for most student progress
For the Miami-Dade school district, the fifth time’s the charm....
READ MORETime to compare Florida school districts
As a group, low-income students struggle more than their wealthier...
READ MOREFlorida’s next education commissioner needs to be explainer-in-chief
Florida’s next education commissioner will inherit a job that makes...
READ MOREPercentage of low-income students in Florida continues to rise
From the better-late-than-never file: The percentage of Florida students eligible...
READ MOREA curious knock on Florida’s ed reforms
It does sound nefarious: The people who back accountability for...
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